Github link (code attached): https://github.com/Cindy-f/Formula-data-analysis.git
From the bar plot above, the top ten race starters are (in order):
Fernando Alonso(356), Kimi Räikkönen(349), Rubens Barrichello(322),
Lewis Hamilton(311), Jenson Button(306), Michael Schumacher(306),
Sebastian Vettel(299), Felipe Massa(269), Riccardo Patrese(256), Jarno
Truill(252).
From the bar plot above, the top ten drivers by pole positions are (in
order): Lewis Hamilton(103), Michael Schumacher(68), Ayrton Senna(65),
Sebastian Vettel(57), Alain Prost(33), Jim Clark(33), Nigel Mansell(32),
Nico Rosberg(30), Juan Manuel Fangio(29), Mika Häkkinen(26).
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## United Kingdom United States Italy France West Germany
## 164 160 99 72 39
As shown by the table and graph above, out of 868 Formula 1 drivers from
1950 to 2023, the top five most common nationalities are: United
Kingdom(164), United States(160), Italy(99), France(72), West
Germany(39).
## [1] 242
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## United States United Kingdom Italy France Brazil
## 41 38 33 24 10
From the table and graph above, we learn that: out of 242 veteran drivers (at least 15 years active), the top five nationalities are: United States(41), United Kingdom(38), Italy(33), France(24), and Brazil(10). We can see that the top five nationalities of active drivers are roughly the same as the top five overall nationalities (except that here number of US veteran drivers surpass that of UK’s and the 5th most common nationality is Brazil instead of West Germany).
## [1] 113
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## United Kingdom Italy United States France Brazil
## 20 15 15 14 6
From the table and graph above, the top five nationalities of 113 race winners are: UK(20), Italy(15), US(15), France(14), Brazil(6).
From above plot we can see the trend of drivers from US, UK, France, Italy overall decreased over the decades; drivers from Germany and Brazil slightly increased.